Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , "Nightjar
\"cpb\"@" writes
My barn framing will be 15'x6' in Oak. 8off! I am considering
calling for volunteers from the group for an American style *barn
raising*:-)
Hopefully they can all be positioned with the fork lift.

The volunteers?
Would they be sufficiently sober to remain where put?
Actually I have a cunning plan to fit temporary bracing such that
the load can be lifted using inverted forks under the middle of the
top plate. Otherwise the fork mounting frame will make serious holes
in the roof.

Hire one with a mast that only starts to rise when the forks reach the
top of the closed mast? I had to buy one with that feature to work
inside a building.

Free lift mast. I have one (masted Manitou). The problem is the *L*
shape of the forks. Turning them over gives *¬*.

The forks on mine were hung on cross-bars, so putting them upsidedown
would just have resulted in them falling off. When I had a problem with
the fork uprights being too high - found when the operator (not me)
removed some of the factory lighting - I had to use a stack of pallets
to raise the effective height.


The estimated weight of each section is about 250kg so not beyond
half a rugby team.

I know, from experience, that 10 people are enough to lift an original
model Mini, so you are probably right.

You have just reminded me of the occasion the school drama group lifted
the headmaster's Morris 1000 traveller and placed it on 4 upturned
dustbins:-)

We were simply rescuing a friend's car after he had gone straight on at
a right hand bend in the depths of Scotland.

Colin Bignell